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gone on

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verb

past participle of go on

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gone (on)
Verb
Doctors do not currently know whether stiff-person syndrome impacts an individual's life expectancy, according to Croll, who said some patients have lived a few years after diagnosis while others have gone on to live for decades. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 The original Villain marked the feature directorial debut of Philip Barantini, who has since gone on to direct the acclaimed Boiling Point and Emmy-winning Adolescence. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 Orozco and Rego have gone on loan for the season to Castellon in the Spanish second tier. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Over the years, Axl has watched football games at home with his dad and gone on several outings to Los Angeles Dodgers games. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 Many health workers have gone on strike to protest not being paid for their work since the outbreak was declared. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Multiple Read Alliance alums have gone on to become educators, citing their experience in the after school program as part of their motivation to become teachers. — Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Palantir has gone on the offensive to combat the narrative, arguing that the AI models from Silicon Valley companies don’t perform as well and steal customers’ private data (an argument that the other companies dispute). — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Much of the new ⁠defence ​spending so far has gone on missiles capable of striking targets ​more than 1,000 km (621 miles) away. — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone (on)
Adjective
  • There are many ways to become obsessed with life’s frame rate, with the varying speed of an action and the way that time can be sliced or spun in the presentation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As the war wound down, Olivier was becoming more obsessed with directing, often counting on Leigh as his cultured, measured adviser.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • What happened in Clancy’s case appears to be similar, assuming the other jurors’ account — and not the holdout’s — is accurate.
    — Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Take what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic— the Fed, then led by Jerome Powell, was concerned that the pandemic would lead to massive layoffs.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The break-in also rattled people who live nearby, including Porsche Hopkins, a regular customer who lives down the street.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The six cases do not include the Hugging Face incident that rattled the AI sector.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Since then, Cregger has gone on one of the most charmed runs of any filmmaker in town.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • For years, Coventry had lived a charmed life in the top flight, pulling off a few dramatic escapes either side of a glorious FA Cup success in 1987.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instead of calling for calm and letting the justice system work, too many political leaders on the left and progressive social influencers either fanned the flames of unrest or failed to act until enormous damage was done.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This being a French line and a bilingual ship, everything is done once in French, then translated to English.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.
    — Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • The spa Among the most enchanted of spaces in a castle that is seemingly composed of nothing but enchanted spaces.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Prepare to feel absolutely enchanted, then, by its bag lineup for transitional-weather dressing and the daily transition between work and play.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Politicians pause mid-sentence, scanning the room for applause lines that will guide what comes next.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The award determined by audience ballot comes with a $10,000 cash prize.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Gone (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20%28on%29. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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